He believes that knowledge of swaraj and satyagraha are inseparable. He saw swaraj as the end and satyagraha as the means. He compared the end to a tree and the means to a seed. If we want a tree we must first put the seed in the ground. This also applies to India's independence where “true liberation comes only through the purest means, the power of non-violence”. (Dalton 15) Gandhi's missions after his return from South Africa were to make people believe that love was the strongest weapon in the world. He argued that Hindus should love Muslims, Indians should love the English and the oppressed should also love the oppressors. He was repeatedly imprisoned by the British government on unjustified charges, but he did not fight against the laws and the government with violence. It was an example of practicing love and non-violence. Although Indians paid for the means of non-violence in Chauri Chaura and for the Hindu-Muslim riots, the application of non-violence was successful in the non-cooperation campaign, in resistance to the salt tax movement, in the independence of 'India and in stopping the riots between Hindus and Muslims. These successes have proven that satyagraha is effective for